Wednesday, June 2, 2010

The Mist

The Mist were a thrash band from Belo Horizonte Brazil. In 1991 they unleashed their second album The Hangman Tree, and it's really fucking good, and a vast improvement over their debut Phantasmagoria. Generally I don't go for this kind of slick thrash but The Hangman Tree is really fun in a sort of less accomplished Coroner way. At times it reminds me a bit of old Sepultura (guitarist Jairo Guedz was a founding member of Sepultura and played on Morbid Visions) and on occasion they channel classic Megadeth. Periodically The Mist ventured into some introspective cornball keyboard and acoustic guitar moments, but this keeps the album dynamic and interesting. The Mist were cool, but '91 seems a bit late for this type of thing. Oddly enough, if this came out last year I could see it getting some attention.

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What is up with Brazil? Is there something in the water? So much talent and great music came out of there... and it all seems linked to Sepultura somehow, who were amazing for a while and then took a mild ride on a roadrunner...

The look of the album is quite retro. the cover made me think 'Iron Maiden' right away. Agh, and if they sound like Sepultura and Megadeth by turns they ARE a bit retro, but that's grand. Nothing like classical style!

yep, this was one of those albums I nevetr heard of, and was blown away when I played it. Just so surprised nobody ever talked about them but some boring crap that sepultura or offshoot band might have done

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